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Picrotoxinin

A natural compound, the more active component of picrotoxin, obtained from the fruit of Anamirta cocculus, a climbing plant of India and Southeast Asia: it blocks the chloride channel of the GABA-A receptor and is a classic tool in neuroscience research. This family brings together the active ingredient.

Did you know?Picrotoxin is an equal mixture of picrotoxinin and picrotin and was first isolated in 1812 by French pharmacist Pierre Boullay; its name comes from the Greek picros, bitter.

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PicrotoxininActive ingredientPicrotoxininCat. No. P-P108-001CAS 17617-45-7

EDQM standards 1

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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